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BEAUFORT
★ ★ ★
Union Occupation and Confederate Spies
Before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, local citizens formed the
Beaufort Harbor Guards. These Confederate sympathizers, led by Capt.
Josiah Pender, occupied Fort Macon when the sole guard, U.S. Army Ord-nance
Sgt. William Alexander, quietly surrendered.
During the siege of Fort Macon (Mar. 23–Apr. 25, 1862), Union sig-nalmen
on the porch of the Atlantic Hotel directed the Federal artillery in
the dunes so that the shells fell accurately on the fort. Afterward, the
hotel served U.S. forces as Hammond Hospital until the war ended,
when it reopened as the Atlantic Hotel. The Sisters of Mercy,
Roman Catholic nuns from New York, cared for the wounded
and sick of Beaufort between July 1862 and May 1863.
Josiah Fisher Bell, whose house stands on the grounds
of the Beaufort Historic Site, served as a Confederate secret
agent and helped coordinate the movement of Southern troops
into and out of the area. In April 1864, he planned and executed a
mission to destroy the Cape Lookout lighthouses. His group succeed-ed
in destroying one lighthouse and severely damaging the other.
The Old Burying Ground here contains the burial markers of both
Confederate and Union soldiers as well as the graves of slaves and free
blacks. Broad Street (to the north) became a major center for black
refugees, and the area was known as Union City. During the Federal occu-pation
of Beaufort, the deep-water port became an important coaling and
repair station for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
ORANGE STREET
MOORE STREET
TURNER STREET
CRAVEN STREET
QUEEN STREET
POLLOCK STREET
ANN STREET
FRONT STREET
Union City
MIDDLE LANE
General Burnside
Headquarters
Site of
Atlantic Hotel
Josiah
Bell
House
Leecraft Old Burying Ground
Houses
Hatsell
House
Easton
House
You Are Here
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 28, 1862, View of Fort Macon and Beaufort Harbor.
Josiah Fisher Bell
Below are a few points of interest. A more detailed
walking tour brochure is available inside the Historic
Site Welcome Center.

BEAUFORT
★ ★ ★
Union Occupation and Confederate Spies
Before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, local citizens formed the
Beaufort Harbor Guards. These Confederate sympathizers, led by Capt.
Josiah Pender, occupied Fort Macon when the sole guard, U.S. Army Ord-nance
Sgt. William Alexander, quietly surrendered.
During the siege of Fort Macon (Mar. 23–Apr. 25, 1862), Union sig-nalmen
on the porch of the Atlantic Hotel directed the Federal artillery in
the dunes so that the shells fell accurately on the fort. Afterward, the
hotel served U.S. forces as Hammond Hospital until the war ended,
when it reopened as the Atlantic Hotel. The Sisters of Mercy,
Roman Catholic nuns from New York, cared for the wounded
and sick of Beaufort between July 1862 and May 1863.
Josiah Fisher Bell, whose house stands on the grounds
of the Beaufort Historic Site, served as a Confederate secret
agent and helped coordinate the movement of Southern troops
into and out of the area. In April 1864, he planned and executed a
mission to destroy the Cape Lookout lighthouses. His group succeed-ed
in destroying one lighthouse and severely damaging the other.
The Old Burying Ground here contains the burial markers of both
Confederate and Union soldiers as well as the graves of slaves and free
blacks. Broad Street (to the north) became a major center for black
refugees, and the area was known as Union City. During the Federal occu-pation
of Beaufort, the deep-water port became an important coaling and
repair station for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
ORANGE STREET
MOORE STREET
TURNER STREET
CRAVEN STREET
QUEEN STREET
POLLOCK STREET
ANN STREET
FRONT STREET
Union City
MIDDLE LANE
General Burnside
Headquarters
Site of
Atlantic Hotel
Josiah
Bell
House
Leecraft Old Burying Ground
Houses
Hatsell
House
Easton
House
You Are Here
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 28, 1862, View of Fort Macon and Beaufort Harbor.
Josiah Fisher Bell
Below are a few points of interest. A more detailed
walking tour brochure is available inside the Historic
Site Welcome Center.

BEAUFORT
★ ★ ★
Union Occupation and Confederate Spies
Before the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, local citizens formed the
Beaufort Harbor Guards. These Confederate sympathizers, led by Capt.
Josiah Pender, occupied Fort Macon when the sole guard, U.S. Army Ord-nance
Sgt. William Alexander, quietly surrendered.
During the siege of Fort Macon (Mar. 23–Apr. 25, 1862), Union sig-nalmen
on the porch of the Atlantic Hotel directed the Federal artillery in
the dunes so that the shells fell accurately on the fort. Afterward, the
hotel served U.S. forces as Hammond Hospital until the war ended,
when it reopened as the Atlantic Hotel. The Sisters of Mercy,
Roman Catholic nuns from New York, cared for the wounded
and sick of Beaufort between July 1862 and May 1863.
Josiah Fisher Bell, whose house stands on the grounds
of the Beaufort Historic Site, served as a Confederate secret
agent and helped coordinate the movement of Southern troops
into and out of the area. In April 1864, he planned and executed a
mission to destroy the Cape Lookout lighthouses. His group succeed-ed
in destroying one lighthouse and severely damaging the other.
The Old Burying Ground here contains the burial markers of both
Confederate and Union soldiers as well as the graves of slaves and free
blacks. Broad Street (to the north) became a major center for black
refugees, and the area was known as Union City. During the Federal occu-pation
of Beaufort, the deep-water port became an important coaling and
repair station for the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
ORANGE STREET
MOORE STREET
TURNER STREET
CRAVEN STREET
QUEEN STREET
POLLOCK STREET
ANN STREET
FRONT STREET
Union City
MIDDLE LANE
General Burnside
Headquarters
Site of
Atlantic Hotel
Josiah
Bell
House
Leecraft Old Burying Ground
Houses
Hatsell
House
Easton
House
You Are Here
Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, April 28, 1862, View of Fort Macon and Beaufort Harbor.
Josiah Fisher Bell
Below are a few points of interest. A more detailed
walking tour brochure is available inside the Historic
Site Welcome Center.